The lack of standardised practices and policies allows for
new mothers experiencing symptoms of depression to be
lost in the healthcare system, and without appropriate
intervention, these women may remain in an untreated
depression for years, affecting their own health as well as
the health of their partners and children (Abraham 2008).
Education regarding PPD should begin before or during
pregnancy (Logsdon et al. 2006). Current researches on
relationship between HLC and PPD have limited their
scope to health education plan and intervention. A relationship
between HLC and risk of PPD is not fully illustrated
yet (Abraham 2008). A study found that external locus of
control (chance) was the only statistically significant predictor
of prenatal depression (Richardson et al. 2012).
As a result, there is a need for further research to explore
the constructs surrounding locus of control and PPD. The
development of a correlation between risk factors and PPD
will allow nurses to develop standardised nursing care practices
to improve the reported outcomes for patients affected
by postpartum depressive symptoms. Intervention such as
peer-led support groups that foster the development of
infant care skills and teach coping strategies and the setting
of specific attainable goals for at-risk women with positive
reinforcement from nursing professionals may help women,
who identify an external locus of control, to decrease their
risk of depression in the postnatal period.
The lack of standardised practices and policies allows fornew mothers experiencing symptoms of depression to belost in the healthcare system, and without appropriateintervention, these women may remain in an untreateddepression for years, affecting their own health as well asthe health of their partners and children (Abraham 2008).Education regarding PPD should begin before or duringpregnancy (Logsdon et al. 2006). Current researches onrelationship between HLC and PPD have limited theirscope to health education plan and intervention. A relationshipbetween HLC and risk of PPD is not fully illustratedyet (Abraham 2008). A study found that external locus ofcontrol (chance) was the only statistically significant predictorof prenatal depression (Richardson et al. 2012).As a result, there is a need for further research to explorethe constructs surrounding locus of control and PPD. Thedevelopment of a correlation between risk factors and PPDwill allow nurses to develop standardised nursing care practicesto improve the reported outcomes for patients affectedby postpartum depressive symptoms. Intervention such aspeer-led support groups that foster the development ofinfant care skills and teach coping strategies and the settingof specific attainable goals for at-risk women with positivereinforcement from nursing professionals may help women,who identify an external locus of control, to decrease theirrisk of depression in the postnatal period.
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